We got the word today: The Chinese government has approved our travel for the purpose of adopting. Now we wait for the date of our consulate appointment, and our travel dates will be slated.
The sound you hear - the shrill, maniacal, hysterical sound - is my head exploding under the crushing conundrum of how we could be so unprepared for something for which we have waited so long.
The agency doesn't like to have families travel over Christmas, so we hope to be there and back before then.
See how I'm not cursing? That's the mark of a seriously mature person - the kind of person who is allowed to adopt internationally.
On Wednesday, our local social worker will come for her second visit so we can get our homestudy updated in time to take it with us to China.
Meanwhile, I'm furiously writing the Big List of things that have to be accomplished before we step on a plane.
- Get visas
- Pack
- Collect DVDs
- Figure out the best way to post photos from Chinese hotel room
- Visit doctors for precautionary prescriptions
Oh, there are so many more things to be done. So many, many more things.
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